Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-20-Speech-3-224"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of EU-Russia summit2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021120.5.3-224"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-20-Speech-3-2252
lpv:speaker	lp:Olivier Dupuis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President–in–Office of the Council, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we talk a lot about stability, but what type of stability are we intent on achieving? Are we aiming for the stability of Budapest in 1956 or the stability of Prague in 1968? We have heard Mr Marchiani try to pull the wool over our eyes. He delivered a completely racist, Christian fundamentalist speech, representing the antithesis of what we must do. What is currently at stake in Russia is democracy. The Chechen problem is being used by the oligarchs in Russia to bolster their power bases and specifically to prevent democracy from becoming a reality in Russia. This is a problem we do not want to confront. We did not want to confront it either in the case of Kaliningrad. When all is said and done, we could have come up with more ambitious solutions. We could have responded positively to Mr Putin’s proposal for a common market, not just in goods and money, but also in people. We could have said yes, Mr Putin, on condition that you resolve the question of Chechnya, on condition that you resolve the nuclear question and on condition that you resolve the question of the freedom of the press in Russia. That would have been entirely possible. However, we prefer to let ourselves become obsessed with oil pipelines and with discussions with technocrats. The real issue is saving Chechnya, in order also to save the soul of Russia. Today we are moving in exactly the opposite direction. I would like to ask Mr Paasilinna if, since he is going to Chechnya on 20 January, he could find an extra seat on the aeroplane and take Commissioner Nielson with him. After all, I together with Mr Posselt and others, have been calling for Mr Nielson to visit the country for around two years now. I would also like to ask the President–in–Office of the Council, since he claims the exchange of information on terrorism has improved, how we stand regarding the Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya. The latter is still in prison in Denmark, even though the Russian charges against him appear to be absolutely derisory and entirely without foundation."@en1

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